to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
red-colored jersey (esp. school PE uniform)
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
dozens; scores of; decades
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
whole roast (e.g. pig, turkey, etc.)
it's not like; it isn't as if